Artist: Leopoldo Mendez
Year: 1945
TGP (Taller de Grafica Popular)
Linocut.
Linoleum print (linocut) on wove paper signed in pencil by Mexican listed artist and master engraver Leopoldo Mendez. The work is called "La Entrada de Francisco I Madero en la Ciudad de Mexico, 7 de Junio de 1911" published by the Taller de Grafica Popular in Mexico City in 1945. Illustrated reference on the books "Leopoldo Mendez" by Manuel Maples Arce (1970) on page 74 with catalog number 35 and "El Taller de Grafica Popular" by Humberto Musacchio (2007) on page 13.
Size: 13-1/2 x 18-1/2" Sheet 16 x 22"
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Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana, 85 Grabados de Los Artists del Taller de Gráfica Popular, 1947. Marta Adams papers, circa 1914-circa 1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Information from the accompanying booklet states: “Aprehendidos infraganti, mátalos en caliente”, decía telegrama que Porfirio Díaz envío al general Luis Mier y Terán, Comandante Militar de Veracruz, para indicarle que, sin juicio, fusilara a varias personas cuyo único delito consistía en anhelar un régimen democrático. El 25 de junio de 1879 fueron llevados al paredón los jefes de este frustrado movimiento revolucionario, precursor de los acontecimientos de 1910. Alberto Morales Jimenez.
Bancroft Library also has a copy.
Artist: Alfredo Zalce (Mexico, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, 1908-2003), Mexico, 1947, Prints, Linoleum cut.
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